Xu Yan was enlightened at the age of four, entered the school at the age of seven, and his family was in ruin at the age of ten. When Xu Yan was young, his speed of literacy and hyphenation far exceeded that of ordinary people, and the longitude and latitude of the articles were even more understandable, and he was a well-known prodigy in Jingzhou.

But prodigies also have to eat, and they also ask to live.

Xu Yan's mother sent him to study under the Huo family in Jiangnan, and Huo Jian'an took pity on his talent and took him into the family to teach him personally. Huo Jian'an has seen too many young and frivolous geniuses who fell early, so Xu Yan was not allowed to show up and conduct scientific research prematurely.

Huo Jian'an repeatedly sharpened Xu Yan's heart, polished this piece of jade, and hid him in the Huo family, which was far away from the red dust.

Xu Yan is very smart, different from the Huo family's intelligence. After the fall of the Xu family, Xu Yan tasted the warmth and coldness of human feelings early, and was overly sensitive to human feelings. Huo Jian'an has always been worried that Xu Yan will go astray, so he is reluctant to let go.

Xu Yan is indispensable.

Until the Huo family brothers and sisters had an accident in the imperial capital.

Huo Jian'an went to the imperial capital to collect the body, but after all, he failed to get justice. Huo Jian'an, who once hung up his crown and left, unruly declared that he did not want to be in the same league with the tigers and wolves, aged rapidly from the first day he returned to Jiangnan. Huo Jian'an rarely writes articles anymore, and his body can no longer support him to use inspiration and pen and ink.

Holding the calligraphy copied by his youngest son in his childhood in the courtyard in a daze has become Huo Jian'an's only pastime.

"Huo Wenbai is still alive."

Xu Yan watched Huo Wensong and Huo Wenqing be buried with his own eyes, but Huo Jian'an was alone with Huo Wenbai and came to such a conclusion.

"Teacher, I will take the second son home." Xu Yan packed up his baggage and knelt down in front of Huo Jian'an's sickbed.

The books I read and the truths I learned made it impossible for me to stay in the mountains with peace of mind, watching the people I cherished being crushed and shattered by the troubled times. If the teacher really wants to carve me, let me go to this world for a while. If I'm unfortunate enough to shatter—then I'm not the piece of jade you're looking for.

This is my destiny and I accept it.

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"*** is not what you see, she's silent, just because she has to. More than anyone else, even Her Majesty, she wants to regain the Bai family's country from traitors and powerful ministers. But her mother died, and all the maternal family was buried in the hands of the Chen family, so she had no support and could only endure it. ”

Xu Yan was wrapped in a quilt and drank a bowl of ginger soup tremblingly. Chu Zhixia sat opposite him and listened to him talk about his tearful study journey, and used a knife to remove the peel with a blank face, the knife technique was exquisite, and the peel was thin and transparent.

"But you grew up in Jiangnan, and the Huo family didn't have a strong support in the emperor, and neither did you." Chu Zhixia was unmoved, and said calmly and rationally, "How did you get on the big boat?" ”

Xu Yan shook his head and sighed regretfully: "Miss Chu, you are a person, my story is so moving, but you are not moved at all, you are really cold-blooded." Of course, I didn't rely on it in the imperial capital, but someone did. ”

Xu Yan looked at the peel hanging from Chu Zhixia's fingertips, and didn't dare to sell Guan Zi anymore, "There used to be a scarlet jade pavilion in Qunyufang, you know?" Do you know who its owner is? ”

Chu Zhixia's fingertips paused.

The Scarlet Jade Pavilion, Chu Zhixia is naturally familiar. Jiang Qiao coincidentally took advantage of the power of the boss behind the Scarlet Jade Pavilion to get out of Fang Manting and worked as an Oiran in the Scarlet Jade Pavilion for a long time. Chu Zhixia remembered that the boss was still using a pseudonym, and his real name was called-

"Yan is as good as the sea."

Xu Yan didn't know that Chu Zhixia's little abacus in his heart was shocking, so he naturally said, "The emperor is a good place, gathering the world's powerful people, how can you not have some ability to do business in this kind of place?" Yan Ruhai is a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and he also has a lot of access in the imperial capital. ”

"His way, is it?"

"Exactly." Xu Yan applauded her doggedly and said, "It's not so much that Yan Ruhai found ***, but that *** found Yan Ruhai." ”

"*** wants to restore the Bai family, but she is a woman and the daughter of the Empress Yuan of the Spirit Emperor, the Chen family will naturally guard against her, and it is unnatural to rashly meddle in the affairs of the court." Chu Zhixia casually cut the fruit into pieces and put it on the plate on the side, "So she is as strict as the sea, after all, she is rich and easy to do." ”

And Xu Yan went north and south from the south of the Yangtze River, Yan Ruhai must have heard of this jade treasured by the Huo family. What happened to the Huo family in the imperial capital, Yan Ruhai had long seen it. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and it is only natural to introduce Xu Yan to ***.

"The eldest lady is really smart." Xu Yan touted.

He saw Chu Zhixia pick up the plate, and obediently reached out to pick it up, and he was quite flattered - he didn't expect Chu Zhixia to stuff the plate to the sleepy Shen Zhou who was sitting on the side. Shen Zhou didn't take off the mask, his head was so sleepy that he was caught off guard by stuffing a fruit plate, lifted a corner of the mask, and obediently hugged it and ate it.

Xu Yan retracted his hand boredly, and said stupidly: "My identity is true or false, what I said has a bit of affection, in fact, you let me see Huo Ergongzi when I see it, why are you so twists and turns?" ”

Chu Zhixia ignored him.

Xu Yan said that her mind was broken, "Are you afraid that Huo Ergongzi will reunite with his old man, touch the scene, and his condition will deteriorate?" ”

Chu Zhixia didn't deny it, "You still ask?" ”

Xu Yan smiled slightly, "I originally thought that you had ulterior motives for taking in the second son, and wanted to use and blackmail the Huo family." It turns out that there is such pity in it, it is really my Xu who spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”

Chu Zhixia also showed a malicious smile and said, "But how do I know, aren't you the one who allowed me to worry about Huo Ergongzi's body and won't let the two of you see each other, so you will plan and lie to me?" ”

Xu Yan spread out his hands indifferently, opened his thin and thin chest, and said, "If you want to kill or chop, listen to it." My enthusiasm for boxing is all tested by the eldest lady. ”

Shen Zhou, who was eating fruit quietly on the side, suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed Xu Yan's chest into the quilt to cover it, he moved too fast and roughly, and almost knocked Xu Yan over. Xu Yan sat up from the bed in a hurry like a turtle that had turned over, and looked at Shen Zhou in confusion.

Shen Zhou didn't eat the fruit either, and seeing that he was not convinced, he was quite a bit of a posture of picking him up and throwing him out.

"Alright, alright." Chu Zhixia hurriedly pulled Shen Zhou, pinched the tip of his ear and coaxed him, "We'll finish talking soon, you go out and wait for me first." ”

"What's there to see?" Shen Zhou left reluctantly, unabashedly disgusted, and said coldly, "Kill the chicken for nothing." ”

Chu Zhixia's eyes widened in surprise.

Xu Yan was still a little inexplicable, and it took a long time before he suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh, do you think I'm showing my breasts and despise the eldest lady?" I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've been going to a lot of banquets recently, and there are some Meng Lang. ”

The wind and the cow and the horse are not related. Chu Zhixia covered his forehead.

Xu Yan said again: "I'm just a scholar, the eldest lady wants my life, I can do it anytime." My long-cherished wish has not been fulfilled, how many lives have deceived you? ”

Chu Zhixia didn't bother to test with him, waved his hand and said, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

Xu Yan was in awe of her boldness and vision.

"You sleep here for one night, you are not dead, King Qin will not give up." Chu Shixia said, "Before the fraud case is over, don't run around." ”

"Fraud?" Xu Yan was stunned.

"Why do you think the Ministry of Rites has been delaying the opening of the list?"